Mexico

The People vs. Michael Chertoff

Brett Story : Texas

To build a fence on the US border with Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security seized land without trials or negotiations.
Right to Strike Imperiled in Cananea

David Bacon : Labor Organizing & Activism

If the Mexican government and Grupo Mexico succeed in smashing a miners' strike, the reverberations will be felt even across the US border.

2007

Zapatista Code Red

Naomi Klein

Ten years after the massacre of indigenous people in Chiapas, Zapatistas are reading signs that the Mexican government is poised for another wave of repression.
Citi's Mexican Cronies

Jeff Faux : Banks & Banking

As megabanks seek a subprime bailout, take a lesson from Mexico. Taxpayers of the world, hold on to your wallets.
Mexico Floods, America Shrugs

Florencia Soto Nino-Martinez : Environment

Massive floods cause widespread devastation; while other nations rush in with aid, Mexico's closest neighbor has barely responded.
Murder in Monterrey

Felicia Mello : Latinos

A labor organizer was beaten to death after exposing exploitative labor practices in the United States and Mexico.
Bolaño in Mexico

Carmen Boullosa : Poetry

As a young writer in the 1970s, Roberto Bolaño was expected to choose between two rival factions of Mexican poets. He chose both.

2006

Mad Mel and the Maya

Earl Shorris : Native Americans

Mel Gibson's violent new film Apocalypto exploits Maya culture and perpetuates racist stereotypes.
Que Pasa en Oaxaca?

Michael McCaughan

A virtual state of siege prevails in Oaxaca, where military police have occupied the central square, clearing barricades and detaining scores of activists.
Mexican Scramble

Sergio Aguayo Quezada

A flawed election and Andrés Manuel López Obrador's social mobilization are putting Mexico's feeble democracy at risk.
In Mexico, a Class War Looms

John Ross

The confirmation of Felipe Calderón's electoral victory signals the end of Andrés Manuel López Obrador's three-year struggle for the presidency and the beginning of a new phase of organized resistance.
Angrily Awaiting a Messiah

John Ross

In Mexico City and beyond, tensions are rising between government security forces and thousands of impoverished supporters of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a restive constituency to which political parties and process are increasingly irrelevant.
The Smoking Volcano

John Ross

As election officials in Mexico recount only a handful of contested voting districts in the flawed presidential elections, Andrés Manuel López Obrador walks a tightrope between defiance and keeping a lid on his steamed-up constituents.
Mexico's Tiger Stirs

A recount of disputed ballots in the contested presidential election is the surest way to strengthen Mexico's fledgling democratic institutions and forestall potential political and social conflagration.
Mexico's Fractured Electoral Landscape

John Ross

The disputed presidential election has fractured Mexico's political landscape, pitting leftists against conservatives and the affluent against an indignant Indian and mestizo underclass.
Disputed Election Raises Tensions in Mexico

John Ross

Memories of a stolen 1988 election cloud the political landscape, as voters await results of the disputed presidential election.
Mexico's Labor Rebels

David Bacon : Working Conditions

On July 2, Mexico will choose a new president. Whoever wins will face an ongoing labor movement challenging the neoliberal policies of the past.
Mexico's Exodus: Blip on the Radar?

Nicholas von Hoffman : Immigration to the US

Declining birthrates in Mexico give the lie to American fears of an influx of immigrants. As birthrates plummet around the world, America's real problem may be a shortage, not a surfeit, of guest workers.
Dead Souls

Carmen Boullosa : Fiction

Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo, written during the cultural renaissance that followed the Mexican Revolution, is a marvel of storytelling and testament to the power of the word.